Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

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These same cats pay no more attention 10
the other cats meat men that pass down
the street than they would to you. ave
lad cats come from Central Street, st.
Luke's right across ere after me if | have
been late. Suppose | am an hour late; why
all the cats are flying about as savage as
the master himself would he II
breakfast wasn't ready. Know me! You
can lust bet q pot of fOurpenny they know
me.
''Haye YOU ever been able to classify the
various cats of your acquaintance;
"Only generally. We observe the drlit
like of its appetite. We ave the dainty
cat AS won't stand no rough and is squirm-
ish over the awful, and leaves the grlstle
all round where the missus can see II.
Nothing hut very nice will suit this kind
Of 4 cat, Then there is the every day sort
of a cat az can stand q bit o lights when
meat is dear, and don't turn mp 'er nose at
a cut a. 'Amburg or of country. Lastly
comes the d~evil-Of-a-cat. To that sort OF
cat we give some ard pieces OF grlstle to
amuse 'er. Give such u cat rs that very
nice, and before the missus could turn her
back it would be gone"
$50 there are all sorts and conditions of
cats as well as of men. | am sure your
experiences will he amusing on the other
side of the Atlantic; and | should like to
know what other purposes horse flesh Is
used for, if any?'
At this question ! thought our friendly
informant would have a fit, so violently
did he wink both eyes, and 40 hard did he
try 10 suppress his emotions at the child
ish innocence displayed in my inquiry.
"Other purposes" the eats meat man
repeated when he had sufficiently recov-
cred from his drOll proceedings 10 answer
me, "why, much of the hest of it, and
some of the worst, goes into German pud-
dings and sausages. | once dealt with a
horse slaughterer who was a great sausage
man."
''Tcll ME all about the sausage a
az used TO 30 in there sometimes of a
night when it was dark, and ! would hear
them draw a cart slowly across the ground
and then | would see 'cm load up 'alf a
ton of 'Orse flesh. All the best OF the meat
used TO 90 for sausages and German pud-
dings. The result was the poor cats had
TO suffer. SO the cats meat men held an
Indignation meeting at q public 'ouse, and
agreed to 90 down to i'm and ask i'm why
he could not leave off supplying the Ger
man pudding maker who had twelve or
thirteen 'u~ndredweight a week. Ave
YOU ever noticed how lean those ~puddings
are? The bits OF fat are stuck in and 1t
sells at n good price; you cannot buy Ger
man sausage at any shop ndereightpence
per pound" 80,
'Do they use horse flesh very muchT'
Gone man | know used to have fourteen
'underweight a week off him. ave seen
some exceedingly bad stuff 20 into sausages'
The 'orse flesh is always taken into the
budding makers ut night, as it would not
do to have it seen. A little while ago there
was one man fined two 'underd pound for
selling 'orse flesh in sausages, -oI
Bishopsgate Street. Then there is n man
named--, in the Bethnal Green Road
got fined sixty pound, and he was q man
that everybody thought had good meat "
did it ruin him?'
eyes, it ruined his business, but he had
timed his kettle, and having o Kettle full
of quids don't suppose he cared. know
one man that did nothing else but supply
sausage makers. We used to call that
uug up stuff, He did not sell for cats; he
was was one of those who was above sell
ing for cats. They have a very good lint
of business among them. Nobody knows
what line of business they carry on. The
Jung up stuff is for German puddings.
"Who bOils it,"
"The sausage maker bOils it. They al
ways chop it up and fill the skins with the
mixture before it is boiled
At this juncture l asked "Wag' II ne
would allow me to take a look at his
cart, which, | had been informed, had
rather a taking sign on it.